coasterlover420 Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 What park do you think will break the 500 foot record and from what manufacturer?
pgathriller Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 Cedar Point. They need to get back there tallest coaster title. I think it will be a Pinfari Zyklon Coaster that will break the record! I'm just kidding. It will probaly be Intamin again because it seems there the best when it comes to tall coasters. I'm not talking about Kingda Ka though.
PhishyBrewer Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 I don't think the 500ft limit will be reached for many years to come now. The idea of having "The Tallest" roller coaster in the world has become somewhat over rated. Give me some good speed and a pocket full of thrills... and I'm happy
SharkTums Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 I hope it's some little park in the middle of nowhere that does it! I always could kind of picture Wild Adventures with like a 750foot tall Vekoma ride! Â Elissa "we shall see" Alvey
pgathriller Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 ^ I know you were kidding but can Vekoma really make a 750 foot roller coaster.
BiCoastal Kid Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 I want Bill gates to build an 800 footer right next to Cedar Point and not allow ACE members to ride... I bet the whole club would break apart. Â Â Edit: ^The more appropriate question is "Can Vekoma build a -rideable- 750' tall coaster?"
Stitch Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 I personally think it will be Vision Land, with a 655 ft. tall Zamperla Volare
BiCoastal Kid Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 ^That post makes me wanna have a seizure... Â No, I bet it'll be somewhere in the middle of nowhere, like Silverwood or something. The launch would literally be the incline.
ECZenith Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 I think it will be S&S, as they have the rights to Arrow's fish-hook concept, which if mounted to the side of a building, can be over 1,000' tall. It's too bad Vegas didn't go through with the Stratosphere fish hook. Â I doubt another park would go for a record breaking Intamin rocket with the way they've been going. Â My hopes would be Intamin builds a 500' + Millennium Force style ride...
pgathriller Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 Instead of building 500 feet in the sky build it 500 feet into the ground. Call it journey to the center of the earth. That would be cool!
Angry_Gumball Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 Honestly, bigger isn't always better. I realized that after riding S:TE and how much more fun I had on a coaster only 70 feet. Yea, the record breakers look intimidating but honestly, I think I'd wind up let down.
coasterdude5 Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 ^^I agree. But if a park was to break 500 ft. , I hope it's Busch!
Gregory DG Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 Holy cow... 500 ft? What's the tallest coaster right now? Â What if you just put the drop on the side of a mountain that was 5,000 ft up or something? Would that count as being the tallest?
ebl Posted July 13, 2005 Posted July 13, 2005 The trouble with most coasters that go for records is that they can be "one-trick ponies." Not always, of course, but as has been said already, bigger is not necessarily better. Â Just to answer the question of the topic, chances are it will be Intamin with a rocket coaster. They're only 44 feet from that mark with Kingda Ka, and I think they'll tweak their hydraulic launch system just enough to do it. Â Speed? 120 mph got them to 420 feet on Top Thrill Dragster. 128 mph got them up to 456 feet on Kingda Ka. My guess is that they'll get the speed up to about about 140 mph to get them over the 500-foot mark. Â Eric
BiCoastal Kid Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 I bet theres some park digging out tunnels right now for the 50' tall, 650' drop, super-airtime-zero-g-roll-turn-hill-snake-plummit o' doom right now... And I bet it's a Vekoma rollerskater. The big drop is right before the brake, of course.
maliboomer Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 If it's going to be a one trick pony, the extra 80/50 feet dosen't add all that much to the ride (in terms of feeling), except for boasting privilges. I'd rather have a 90 foot Vekoma then another TTD.
TwistedTrack Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 if they ever make a 500 foot roller coaster i dont think it should be just a launch and a top hat (or even an extra hill *cough KingdaKa cough*) i think it should be multiple hills with plenty of airtime and maybe and inversion or two. Â about the question i think it will be Cedar Point. They always break the height and speed records. It might be kind of wierd to have another coaster towering out of the horizon beside Top Thrill.
SLUSHIE Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 Remeber when Arrow was going to build that thing off the side of the Stratopshpere Tower? The drop was to be about 700ft or so i think.
Mr.Six Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 *Press Release* Arnold's Park getting 500 FT Vekoma Boomerange! Â Michael"Now thats a scary thought"Thomas
it Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 I hope it's some little park in the middle of nowhere that does it! I always could kind of picture Wild Adventures with like a 750foot tall Vekoma ride! Elissa "we shall see" Alvey    prepare for seziures
TwistedTrack Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 500 hundred foot tall vekoma boomerang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Â how can i say this.. Â Â ouch
shepp Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 500 hundred foot tall vekoma boomerang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how can i say this..   ouch  Hey, I vote for a Togo stand-up. SF can call it "Batman: The Neutering."
coasterlover420 Posted July 14, 2005 Author Posted July 14, 2005 I think Intamin is the only one up to the challenge
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